Bustle



(NoMoael.)

E. B. GABY.

BUSTLB.

edge.

NITED Sfrnrrnsl PATENT @Erica EDVARD B. CADY, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.v

BUTLE.

SPECIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354.682, dated December 21.11886. n

, Application led March 11, 1886. Serial No. 194,798. (No model.)

trate the invention, Figure l is a top View of the bustle. bustle on line a e, Fig. l. the upper pad-pocket. Fig. 4 is a View of the coiled-spring pocket. Fig. 5 is a view of the lower pad-pocket. Fig. 6 is a view ofthe coiled spring. Fig. 7 is a view showing how the coiled spring is entered in its pocket.

The pockets shown in Figs. 3, 4E, and 5 are made of any suitable fabric, and when tinished have a curved or crescent shape. rIhe Fig. 2 is a cross-section ofthe Fig. 3 is a view of outer curved edge, a, of the fabric is stronglystitched or bound, and one or more curved rows, b, of stitches give shape to the inner rIhe fabric from which the pockets are formed extends from this inner edge, and constitutes a central web, c, to which the belt D is attached.

The upper and lower pockets, E E, are filled with some suitable fibrous material-such as moss, hair, or cotton-and when illed these pockets are entirely closed. These pockets serve as pads or cushions between which the pocket containing the coiled spring is placed, as hereinafter described.

The construction of the coiled-spring pocket F differs from the others in not being entirely closed and in having the unclosed part g at the center. nAs in the case of the other pockets, the inner contour is formed by one or more curved rows, h, of stitches, which commence at each end ofthe pocket and extend toward the center, but leave an unstitched space, g, at the center, which serves several purposes: First, as an opening for the introduction of the coiled spring i, as shown in Fig. 7. W'hen about to be inserted, this spring, which tapers both ways from the center, is shut up or collapsed longitudinally, and thus held by the hand it may be inserted through the center opening, g, into the pocket, and upon being released from the hand it will expand and its ends will project in opposite directions and ll the pocket. Thus the ends of the spring t' are confined in the ends ofthe pocket, while the central part `of the spring,

which extends across the unclosed part g of the pocket, is not confined. The second function, therefore, of the unstitched center, or

unclosed part of the pocket, is to Ypermit the coiled spring to contract, or to yield inwardly toward the web when rear pressure is applied; In other words, the unclosed part g allows the center of the coiled spring to shift its position under pressure, and thereby rev duce the size of the bustle.

The coiled spring is designed to give shape and contour to the bustle, to allow of the necessary yielding, and provide for the restoration of the bustle shape after yielding; and the lower pocket-pad, E, is designedas a cushion on which the spring-pocket is superimposed. Thus placed and arranged, the lower pad protects the person from contact with the coiled spring. The upper pad, E, serves a similar purpose 5 but the coiled spring and its peculiar pocket may be used, when seated on the lower pad, without the upper pad. i y

All the pad-pockets and the coiled-spring pocket are united by a single belt, D, which is attached to the central web, c, of each.

Having described my invention, I claim-- 1. In a bustle,'the combination, with the waistband, of a curved or crescent-shaped pocket provided on the inner side of its curve with a central web, c, attached to the waistband, and having its outer side and ends entirely closed and its inner side adjoining the central web closed from each end Vpart of the way toward the center, but open at the center, and a coiled spring in said pocket, for the purpose specified.

2. In a bustle, the combination, with the waistband and the crescent-shaped coiled spring, of the stuffed pad-pocket E, having a web connecting it to the waistband and maintaining it beneath the said coiled spring, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD B. CADY.

Witnesses: BELLE WEEKS,

LoUrs WOLEF.

IOO 

